Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
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Spot Forecast for 265 SH...USFS WIF
National Weather Service Portland OR
1211 PM PDT Thu Jul 30 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 PDT on July 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...High pressure over the region with persistent west
flow. Humidity remains elevated today with excellent recovery
overnight. Winds will generally be westerly with a slight diurnal
component over the slopes this afternoon. Minimal change in
ridgetop winds. On Friday, conditions will be drier and warmer as
the high pressure amplifies. No critical fire weather expected.
*Ridgetop elevation around 3500 ft
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny then becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph.
Ridgetop...........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph.
TIME (PDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........53 72 71 40 31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0
Temp............70 70 70 72 70
RH..............47 45 46 47 47
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.8 10 10 8 7
Ridge wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..8 9 9 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...3.1 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.6
Transp wind dir.W W W W W
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8 8
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Ridgetop...........North to northeast winds less than 5 mph.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east 3 to
6 mph overnight.
TIME (PDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........15 3 4 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............70 60 53 50
RH..............47 62 69 71
20 FT wind......W 4G7 NW 2G5 NE 1G2 E 1G4
Ridgetop wind...NW 7G9 N 5G8 NE 1G5 NE 1G4
Mix hgt (ft)....2400 400 200 200
Transport wind..W 8 NW 6 NE 3 E 5
$$
Forecaster...Muessle
Requested by...OREIC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618684.0/PQR
.DELDT 07/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jaime.garcia@usda.gov,oreic@firenet.gov